V:28 is a Norwegian cyber-core band made up of ex-black metal heathens tripping on technical ecstasy. Featuring guest spots from various Eurodustrial luminaries (I don't imagine big ol' bells are gonna ring here, but members of Deutsch Nepal, Raison D’Etre, and When contributed 'added percussion', vox, etc), “Soulsaviour’ is pounding, progressive industro-metal fueled by thrashy riffs, a snowbeast rasp, and a thunderous battery of militaristic drumbeats. And while it’s icy demeanor suggests a wicked doom-most-digital, at it’s blackened heart, Soulsaviour is really just a highly evolved thrash metal record. Epic blizzardmetal blasts like “Unleash the Energy” and “Infected by Life” lack the immediacy of high-contract kill-metal like Immortal or Witchery, but V:28 are definitely in the same bloody arena. They just twiddle their knobs too much.

Bonus: the CD booklet folds out into a pin-up of a scantily clad rock n’ roll nurse! Bet you didn’t see THAT coming. __________________________________________________

-Sleazegrinder